Huck Finn knows Mark Twain

     At the beginning of the story Huck contributes or thanks Mark Twain for this book.The fictional main character of the story is talking about its own author, and I find this to be very interesting. Does this have greater meaning or is this just an intro to the book? It might just be that books where started off that way in that time period yet it makes me wonder who Huck Finn really is. It's possible that he is based off of Mark's childhood friend who was similar to Huck but also could be another person Mark has meet. Ether way I found it an interesting way to start a book.